THE Davao City government has intensified its school-based vaccinations as face-to-face classes have started in most schools in the city.
Covid-19 Task Force spokeswoman Dr. Michelle Schlosser, however, admitted that the vaccination rollout for 5 to 11 years old could turn out to be the most challenging should parents refuse to have their children vaccinated.
"We are intensifying the school-based vaccinations but the dilemma of our vaccination team is if parents refuse to have their children vaccinated. At the end of the day, no vaccinations will happen if there is no consent from the parents," Schlosser said in a radio program over Davao City Disaster Radio.
She urged parents to instill the importance of wearing masks in their children to prevent the transmission of Covid-19.
Personnel from the Safety and Security Cluster, she said, are deployed to the city's schools and are strictly implementing the wearing of masks as they continue to heighten monitoring of Covid-19 cases in the city.
Schlosser has continuously appealed to the parents of 5 to 11 years old to have their children vaccinated since infection among this age group is inevitably spread because most kids are not keen on adhering to minimum public health standards.
"We are still emphasizing the wearing of masks. You can teach your children to wear their masks every single time that they are in school. Have them vaccinated because we don't want them to suffer from the severity of the disease if they do get infected," she said.
Schlosser also urged teaching and nonteaching personnel to make sure their learners or students wear masks inside their classrooms and schools.
